A construction company is denying accusations that it had improper communication with MassDOT over the state's highway plazas and is urging Gov. Healey to not pick Global Partners for the project, accusing them of manipulating facts.

The service plazas project was awarded to Irish-founded company Applegreen back in June, but they have since backed out of the project. The plan was to raze and rebuild nine rest stops on the Mass Pike and refurbish nine others. Construction was supposed to start in January.

Applegreen said when it withdrew that it could not reach an agreement on terms with MassDOT after three months of negotiations. It also cited "costly and continued litigation threats" from rival bidder Global Partners , a Waltham-based company that sued MassDOT , alleging t

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